Antonio Di Pietro

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Cincinnatus Di Pietro? Italy. (magistrate Antonio Di Pietro)The Economist (US) - April 6, 1996...and heavy accent. For it was in Brescia, at the end of last month, that a tribunal cleared a former magistrate, AntonioDiPietro, who has been prosecuting scores of Italy's political old guard for corruption, of a web of counter-charges...

Man of Destiny? Italy.(milanese Magistrate Antonio Di Pietro)The Economist (US) - November 23, 1996...and fear by suddenly abandoning the ruling centre-left coalition government only six months after he joined it. AntonioDiPietro, the Milanese magistrate who nearly five years ago launched the "clean-hands" campaign that led to the prosecution...

An Unlikely Hero: the Steamroller Judge. (antonio Di ...Europe - April 1, 1993...hero for a while. They have found him in a man who, at first glance, doesn,t seem to physically fit the role. AntonioDiPietro, a judge, is stocky, stout, and his facial features don,t hide his humble origins as the son of a peasant from...

Celebrity Before Ideology: Italy. (former Anti-corruption ...The Economist (US) - November 15, 1997IN A rare fit of unity, almost all Italians seem to be pondering the future of AntonioDiPietro, the former anti-corruption judge who has won a landslide victory in a Senate by-election north of Florence. Is Mr Di Pietro...

Italy: Watch That Plough. (a Dispute Between Green Party ...The Economist (US) - August 24, 1996...in Montenero, where he was spotted, like Cincinnatus, behind a plough. Wherever he is and whatever he does, AntonioDiPietro's earthiness, colourful language and striking lack of diplomacy make him as many foes as friends. Last week he...

Italian Shakes off Scandal, Wins Office Popular Ex-prosecutor ...Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) - November 16, 1997...Times ROME -- First there was AntonioDiPietro the hero, the dashing young...political system. Then there was AntonioDiPietro the martyr, a role he assumed...for his latest incarnation: AntonioDiPietro the politician, who won a seat...

Now Berlusconi Tells Hitler Joke; Fury at Italian Pm's ...Daily Mail (London) - September 14, 2010...imaginable from any other country and Berlusconi should now apologise to Israel and the Jewish community in Italy.' AntonioDiPietro, a former anticorruption magistrate and leader of Italy of Values, added: 'It's no longer a question of politics...

Berlusconi Rivals Claim He Brought Attack on HimselfDaily Mail (London) - December 15, 2009...about by himself. 'To a certain degree the Prime Minister is responsible for what happened to him in Milan.' AntonioDiPietro, of Italy's anti-sleaze Party of Values, added: 'Berlusconi has provoked the Italian public.' Interior...